Record	Rank	Revenue
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,001-1,100)	1,038	$83,043,761
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office (Rank 1,101-1,200)	1,163	$137,172,277
All Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 701-800)	733	$83,043,761
Top 2005 Movies at the Domestic Box Office	22	$83,043,761
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies	8	$83,043,761
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office for Limited Release Movies	9	$137,172,277
Top 2005 Limited Release Movies at the Domestic Box Office	1	$83,043,761
All Time Domestic Box Office for Based on Fiction Book/Short Story Movies (Rank 201-300)	221	$83,043,761
All Time Domestic Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 701-800)	764	$83,043,761
All Time Domestic Box Office for Historical Fiction Movies	91	$83,043,761
All Time Domestic Box Office for Drama Movies (Rank 101-200)	124	$83,043,761
All Time Domestic Box Office for R Movies (Rank 201-300)	244	$83,043,761
All Time Domestic Box Office for Focus Features Movies	3	$83,043,761

Date	Rank	Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Week
Dec 9, 2005	15	$547,425		5	$109,485	$547,425	1
Dec 16, 2005	8	$2,508,494	+358%	69	$36,355	$3,474,311	2
Dec 23, 2005	13	$1,910,310	-24%	217	$8,803	$6,847,551	3
Dec 30, 2005	14	$3,619,497	+89%	269	$13,455	$13,874,751	4
Jan 6, 2006	8	$5,726,662	+58%	483	$11,856	$22,436,190	5
Jan 13, 2006	9	$5,805,082	+1%	683	$8,499	$30,838,091	6
Jan 20, 2006	5	$7,430,942	+28%	1,196	$6,213	$41,730,237	7
Jan 27, 2006	6	$6,542,081	-12%	1,654	$3,955	$51,024,343	8
Feb 3, 2006	4	$6,003,544	-8%	2,089	$2,874	$60,102,890	9
Feb 10, 2006	8	$4,025,031	-33%	1,966	$2,047	$66,460,791	10
Feb 17, 2006	11	$3,190,960	-21%	1,600	$1,994	$71,433,222	11
Feb 24, 2006	14	$2,293,859	-28%	1,359	$1,688	$75,383,067	12
Mar 3, 2006	12	$2,469,841	+8%	1,272	$1,942	$78,861,599	13
Mar 10, 2006	16	$1,187,084	-52%	877	$1,354	$80,983,058	14
Mar 17, 2006	20	$545,919	-54%	506	$1,079	$82,057,408	15
Mar 24, 2006	23	$282,633	-48%	324	$872	$82,597,700	16
Mar 31, 2006	32	$114,193	-60%	177	$645	$82,856,991	17
Apr 7, 2006	46	$49,193	-57%	104	$473	$82,970,165	18
Apr 14, 2006	65	$30,396	-38%	65	$468	$83,025,853	19

Date	Rank	Gross	%YD	%LW	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days
Dec 16, 2005	8	$800,000			69	$11,594	$1,700,000	8
Dec 17, 2005	8	$900,000	+13%		69	$13,043	$2,600,000	9
Dec 18, 2005	8	$800,000	-11%		69	$11,594	$3,474,311	10
Dec 19, 2005	8	$400,000	-50%		69	$5,797	$3,874,000	11
Dec 20, 2005	9	$360,000	-10%		69	$5,217	$4,234,000	12
Dec 26, 2005	14	$1,040,761		+160%	217	$4,796	$7,888,312	18
Jan 2, 2006	11	$1,227,946		+18%	269	$4,565	$15,102,697	25
Jan 4, 2006	8	$520,000			269	$1,933	$16,173,000	27
Jan 5, 2006	9	$575,000	+11%		269	$2,138	$16,709,528	28
Jan 6, 2006	9	$1,700,000	+196%		484	$3,512	$18,400,000	29
Jan 7, 2006	9	$2,400,000	+41%		484	$4,959	$20,800,000	30
Jan 8, 2006	8	$1,672,085	-30%		484	$3,455	$22,436,190	31
Jan 9, 2006	6	$615,000	-63%	-50%	484	$1,271	$23,051,000	32
Jan 10, 2006	5	$680,000	+11%		484	$1,405	$23,731,000	33
Jan 11, 2006	4	$665,000	-2%	+28%	484	$1,374	$24,396,000	34
Jan 12, 2006	5	$645,000	-3%	+12%	484	$1,333	$25,033,009	35
Jan 13, 2006	9	$1,600,000	+148%	-6%	683	$2,343	$26,600,000	36
Jan 14, 2006	10	$2,300,000	+44%	-4%	683	$3,367	$28,900,000	37
Jan 15, 2006	8	$1,900,000	-17%	+14%	683	$2,782	$30,800,000	38
Jan 16, 2006	9	$1,236,425	-35%	+101%	683	$1,810	$32,074,517	39
Jan 17, 2006	1	$740,000	-40%	+9%	683	$1,083	$32,815,000	40
Jan 18, 2006	1	$740,000	n/c	+11%	683	$1,083	$33,555,000	41
Jan 19, 2006	1	$740,000	n/c	+15%	683	$1,083	$34,299,295	42
Jan 20, 2006	5	$2,100,000	+184%	+31%	1,196	$1,756	$36,400,000	43
Jan 21, 2006	5	$3,300,000	+57%	+43%	1,196	$2,759	$39,700,000	44
Jan 22, 2006	4	$2,000,000	-39%	+5%	1,196	$1,672	$41,730,237	45
Jan 23, 2006	2	$640,000	-68%	-48%	1,196	$535	$42,370,000	46
Jan 24, 2006	2	$725,000	+13%	-2%	1,196	$606	$43,095,000	47
Jan 25, 2006	2	$685,000	-6%	-7%	1,196	$573	$43,780,000	48
Jan 26, 2006	2	$690,000	+1%	-7%	1,196	$577	$44,482,262	49
Jan 27, 2006	5	$1,800,000	+161%	-14%	1,652	$1,090	$46,300,000	50
Jan 28, 2006	6	$2,900,000	+61%	-12%	1,652	$1,755	$49,200,000	51
Jan 29, 2006	6	$1,900,000	-34%	-5%	1,652	$1,150	$51,024,343	52
Jan 30, 2006	4	$620,000	-67%	-3%	1,652	$375	$51,644,000	53
Jan 31, 2006	2	$795,000	+28%	+10%	1,652	$481	$52,439,000	54
Feb 1, 2006	2	$825,000	+4%	+20%	1,652	$499	$53,264,000	55
Feb 2, 2006	2	$790,000	-4%	+14%	1,652	$478	$54,099,346	56
Feb 3, 2006	5	$1,800,000	+128%	n/c	2,089	$862	$55,900,000	57
Feb 4, 2006	5	$2,800,000	+56%	-3%	2,089	$1,340	$58,700,000	58
Feb 5, 2006	4	$1,400,000	-50%	-26%	2,089	$670	$60,102,890	59
Feb 6, 2006	3	$545,000	-61%	-12%	2,089	$261	$60,648,000	60
Feb 7, 2006	2	$630,000	+16%	-21%	2,089	$302	$61,278,000	61
Feb 8, 2006	2	$580,000	-8%	-30%	2,089	$278	$61,858,000	62
Feb 9, 2006	2	$570,000	-2%	-28%	2,089	$273	$62,435,760	63
Feb 10, 2006	7	$1,200,000	+111%	-33%	1,966	$610	$63,600,000	64
Feb 11, 2006	8	$1,800,000	+50%	-36%	1,966	$916	$65,400,000	65
Feb 12, 2006	8	$1,100,000	-39%	-21%	1,966	$560	$66,460,791	66
Feb 13, 2006	7	$390,000	-65%	-28%	1,966	$198	$66,851,000	67
Feb 14, 2006	7	$565,000	+45%	-10%	1,963	$288	$67,416,000	68
Feb 15, 2006	5	$400,000	-29%	-31%	1,963	$204	$67,816,000	69
Feb 16, 2006	6	$400,000	n/c	-30%	1,963	$204	$68,242,262	70
Feb 20, 2006	11	$656,012		+68%	1,600	$410	$72,089,234	74
Feb 21, 2006	9	$340,000	-48%	-40%	1,600	$213	$72,432,000	75
Feb 22, 2006	8	$325,000	-4%	-19%	1,600	$203	$72,757,000	76
Feb 23, 2006	9	$310,000	-5%	-23%	1,600	$194	$73,089,208	77
Feb 27, 2006	10	$220,000		-66%	1,355	$162	$75,603,000	81
Feb 28, 2006	10	$240,000	+9%	-29%	1,355	$177	$75,843,000	82
Mar 1, 2006	9	$250,000	+4%	-23%	1,355	$185	$76,093,000	83
Mar 2, 2006	8	$285,000	+14%	-8%	1,355	$210	$76,391,758	84
Mar 6, 2006	11	$240,000		+9%	1,272	$189	$79,102,000	88
Mar 7, 2006	10	$240,000	n/c	n/c	1,272	$189	$79,342,000	89

Date	Rank	Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Week
Dec 9, 2005	16	$965,817		5	$193,163	$965,817	1
Dec 16, 2005	10	$3,971,424	+311%	69	$57,557	$4,937,241	2
Dec 23, 2005	14	$5,318,013	+34%	217	$24,507	$10,255,254	3
Dec 30, 2005	12	$6,454,274	+21%	269	$23,994	$16,709,528	4
Jan 6, 2006	8	$8,323,481	+29%	483	$17,233	$25,033,009	5
Jan 13, 2006	8	$9,266,286	+11%	683	$13,567	$34,299,295	6
Jan 20, 2006	5	$10,182,967	+10%	1,196	$8,514	$44,482,262	7
Jan 27, 2006	4	$9,617,084	-6%	1,654	$5,814	$54,099,346	8
Feb 3, 2006	4	$8,336,414	-13%	2,089	$3,991	$62,435,760	9
Feb 10, 2006	8	$5,806,502	-30%	1,966	$2,953	$68,242,262	10
Feb 17, 2006	11	$4,846,946	-17%	1,600	$3,029	$73,089,208	11
Feb 24, 2006	11	$3,302,550	-32%	1,359	$2,430	$76,391,758	12
Mar 3, 2006	12	$3,404,216	+3%	1,272	$2,676	$79,795,974	13
Mar 10, 2006	16	$1,715,515	-50%	877	$1,956	$81,511,489	14
Mar 17, 2006	24	$803,578	-53%	506	$1,588	$82,315,067	15
Mar 24, 2006	23	$427,731	-47%	324	$1,320	$82,742,798	16
Mar 31, 2006	31	$178,174	-58%	177	$1,007	$82,920,972	17
Apr 7, 2006	46	$74,485	-58%	104	$716	$82,995,457	18
Apr 14, 2006	62	$48,304	-35%	65	$743	$83,043,761	19

Territory	Release Date	Opening Weekend	Opening Weekend Screens	Maximum Screens	Theatrical Engagements	Total Box Office	Report Date
New Zealand	2/9/2024	$0	0	1	1	$402	2/12/2024
South Korea	3/1/2006	$0	0	22	40	$1,291,037	1/8/2019
Rest of World						$92,645,663
International Total						$93,937,102	2/12/2024

Record	Rank	Revenue
All Time International Box Office (Rank 1,101-1,200)	1,183	$93,937,102
All Time International Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 801-900)	804	$93,937,102
Top 2005 Movies at the International Box Office	22	$93,937,102
All Time International Box Office for Based on Fiction Book/Short Story Movies (Rank 201-300)	253	$93,937,102
All Time International Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 801-900)	856	$93,937,102
All Time International Box Office for Historical Fiction Movies (Rank 101-200)	111	$93,937,102
All Time International Box Office for Drama Movies (Rank 101-200)	163	$93,937,102
All Time International Box Office for R Movies (Rank 201-300)	245	$93,937,102
All Time International Box Office for Focus Features Movies	6	$93,937,102

Record	Rank	Revenue
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,001-1,100)	1,072	$176,980,863
All Time Worldwide Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 701-800)	736	$176,980,863
Top 2005 Movies at the Worldwide Box Office	24	$176,980,863
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Based on Fiction Book/Short Story Movies (Rank 201-300)	226	$176,980,863
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 701-800)	765	$176,980,863
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Historical Fiction Movies	94	$176,980,863
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Drama Movies (Rank 101-200)	134	$176,980,863
All Time Worldwide Box Office for R Movies (Rank 201-300)	225	$176,980,863
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Focus Features Movies	3	$176,980,863

Date	Rank	Units this Week	% Change	Total Units	Spending this Week	Total Spending	Weeks in Release
Apr 9, 2006	3	1,096,212		1,096,212	$18,613,680	$18,613,680	1
Apr 16, 2006	6	318,622	-71%	1,414,834	$5,403,829	$24,017,509	2
Apr 23, 2006	6	124,353	-61%	1,539,187	$2,109,027	$26,126,536	3
Apr 30, 2006	18	75,353	-39%	1,614,540	$1,277,987	$27,404,523	4
May 7, 2006	23	53,196	-29%	1,667,736	$902,204	$28,306,727	5

DVD Releases for March 10th, 2009

March 10th, 2009

First run releases let us down again, as the best they can offer is a couple of midlevel hits. There are a few more in the limited release category, including some Awards Season players. However, from that list the best is Let the Right One In on Blu-ray. The best release overall, and the winner of the DVD Pick of the Week is Pinocchio on Blu-ray. More...

DVD Releases for January 23, 2007

January 23rd, 2007

Business is starting to pick up again for DVD releases. It's still not up to the level of the pre-Christmas boom, or even the yearly average, but at least it's not a desolate wasteland either. There were a couple releases that were contenders for DVD Pick of the Week, but in the end I went with This Film is Not Yet Rated - Buy from Amazon, but since I work in the industry, at least tangentially, my enjoyment of the movie may have been increased somewhat. More...

Girls are Just Dreamy

December 19th, 2006

Dreamgirls set a new record per theater average for a live action film over the weekend by pulling in $380,000 in three movie houses for an average of $126,317. While this is significantly ahead of the previous record holder, Brokeback Mountain, it is important to note that tickets for Dreamgirls were $25, meaning there were 5,000 tickets sold per theater compared to 10,000 for Brokeback. On a tickets-per-theater average the film is more in line with Sideways or In Good Company, which is still a very good result. The only other film to crack $10,000 was The Good German at $15,363. More...

Fun on the Home Market

April 22nd, 2006

Fun with Dick and Jane started its home market run off with a first place, $10.27 million run for the week but was unable to top the DVD sales chart. More...

International Details - Its Sink of Swim for New Releases

April 16th, 2006

Several films made they international debut this past weekend with even more returning to the charts, but because of the power of Ice Age: The Meltdown, none of them were able to reach the top five, but a few came close. Leading that list is Jean-Philippe; the French film debuted in third place in its native home with $3.34 million on 550 screens. It also opened in two other French-speaking markets but was much weaker earning seventh in Switzerland with $62,000 on 12 screens over the weekend and $68,000 in total while in Belgium it managed just ninth with $131,000 on 29 screens over the weekend and $144,000 in total. Add it up and the film pulled in $3.53 million on 591 screens in 3 markets during its first weekend of release. More...

Narnia Overthrows King for Home Market Crown

April 15th, 2006

Narnia opened in first place on the home market with a lower than expected $8.73 million in rentals, and it did even better on the sales charts. But more on that in a bit. More...

International Details - Ice Age Freezes out Competition

April 9th, 2006

With Ice Age: The Meltdown dominating the international box office, the rest of the charts were weaker than usual with several films in the top 30 this week that would not have charted last week. Failure to Launch had its best weekend haul on the international scene taking in $4.17 million on 1300 screens in 14 markets for a running tally of $13.61 million. Much of that came from the film's opening in two major markets, the U.K. and Italy. In the former is finished second with $1.88 million on 352 screens while in the latter it managed just fourth with $686,000 on 220 screens. It's best market in total is Germany, despite the fact that it fell out of the top five there; so far the film has pulled in $4.10 million after three weeks there, including $841,000 on 354 screens this weekend. More...

DVD Releases for April 4, 2006

April 3rd, 2006

The first Tuesday of the month is usually the busiest when it comes to DVD releases, and while there are certainly more releases coming out tomorrow than there are in the next two weeks, it is not as busy as I would like when it comes to top notch releases. At first glance there are only two that are even contenders for the DVD pick of the week, including Brokeback Mountain - Buy from Amazon and The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - Collector's Edition. But while there are a couple of DVDs that are worth picking up, none make it to the level of DVD Pick of the Week. (And a quick glance at the coming weeks suggest there might not be one till the end of the month.) One last note, if you are interested in picking up Narnia, check out our contest first. More...

International Charts Hospitable to Hostel

April 2nd, 2006

Two openings in two major markets helped Hostel climb into sixth place with $4.03 million on 1120 screens in 27 markets for a running tally of $15.42 million. Its best opening was in the U.K. where it debuted in second place with $2.12 million on 304 screens while it struggled in Spain with just $1.01 million on 250. The film has already earned enough to show a profit even after taking into account P&A budget, exhibitor's share, etc. and should be able to double its current international total before its run is over. More...

P for Pink is V for Victorious

March 22nd, 2006

The Pink Panther repeated on top of the international charts with $12.55 million on 3616 screens in 37 markets and now has $46.68 million in total. This film's biggest market of the weekend was the U.K. where it opened in first place with $3.41 million on 403 screens. It also opened first in Russia with $1.64 million on 265 screens over the weekend and $1.88 million in total and second in New Zealand with $125,000 on 40 screens. Meanwhile, the film was down 39% in Germany to $1.29 million for the weekend and $3.82 million in total. More...

Panther Leaps to top of International Box Office

March 15th, 2006

A trio of openings in major markets helped The Pink Panther climb into first place on the international charts with $10.29 million on 3351 screens in 34 markets for a running tally of $31.89 million. That helped the film become only the second film of 2006 to cross $100 million on the worldwide scene. It opened in second place in Germany with $2.05 million on 540 screens while it finished first in Australia with $979,000 on 244 and in Switzerland with $446,000 on 66. The film debuted with $1.4 million on 504 screens in France, while it made $1.16 million on 349 screens during its third weekend in Spain for a total of $6.73 million so far. More...

Oscar Bounce Crashes

March 14th, 2006

Famed Oscar Bounce failed to materialize this year partially because the awards were spread out over many difference films and partially because many winners were well into their releases. More...

Lion Reborn on Top of International Charts

March 8th, 2006

Narnia jumped back into first place with $9.76 million on 1887 screens in 35 markets for an international total of $388.34 million. It was able to top the charts thanks to a first place, $8.92 million debut on 780 screens in Japan, including $2.26 million in previews. The film is now 19th on the all time international charts and 23rd on the worldwide charts with China left to go. More...

Crash Collides with Mountain Atop Oscars

March 5th, 2006

The Oscars were handed out tonight and while there were a handful of multiple winners, no single movie stood out. More...

Mountain Climbs Back Up International Charts

March 5th, 2006

On the weekend before the Oscars are announced, Brokeback Mountain climbed a couple of spots to sixth with $4.44 million on 1368 screens in 30 markets for an international total of $53.89 million. New openings include Belgium where the filmed debuted in second place with $312,000 on a mere 27 screens for the best per screen average in the market. It wasn't as potent in Poland where it had to settle for fourth place with $194,000 on 40 screens over the weekend and $217,000 in total. The film also benefited from soft in the U.K. where it slipped just 5% to $442,000 on 245 screens for a very impressive total of $15.83 million so far. It was even better during its second weekend in Holland where it rose 1% to $210,000 for the weekend and $562,000 in total. More...

Independence Day for Brokeback

March 4th, 2006

There were no big winner at today's Independent Spirit Awards with several films sharing the awards. More...

Oscar Contest - Category Highlight - Best Picture

March 1st, 2006

With the Oscars less than a week away and our contest well under way, there's no better time to take a closer look at some of the nominees. Today we'll look at the most prestigious award, Best Picture. More...

Trio of New Openings Push Casanova Higher on International Charts

February 26th, 2006

Casanova opened in several major markets more than doubling its screen count, and that helped it climb to sixth place over the weekend. Its best market was Italy where the film came in third place with $1.05 million on 243 screens over the weekend and $1.14 million in total while it also managed a third place finish during a very close race in Spain with $919,000 on 250 screens. Its other major market debut was the U.K., but there it had to settle for fifth with $959,000 on 351 screens. Overall the film made $5.17 million on 1699 screens in 18 markets for an international total of just $11.68 million so far. More...

Oscar Contest - Category Highlight - Best Achievement in Directing

February 25th, 2006

With the Oscars just over a week away and our contest well under way, there's no better time to take a closer look at some of the nominees. Today we'll look at the Best Achievement in Directing. More...

Fun Time on the International Charts

February 19th, 2006

Fun with Dick and Jane added an handful of new markets this week and that allowed the film to remain in sixth place with $6.00 million on 2645 screens in 49 markets for a running tally of $63.30 million. The film opened in first place in Spain with $1.54 million on 316 screens and in the Netherlands with $475,000 on 75 screens over the weekend and $520,000 in total. It took first place in Argentina as well with $136,000 on 48. On the other hand, it had to settle for second place during its debut in Denmark with $319,000 on 45 screens over the weekend and $335,000 in total. Holdovers include the U.K. where the film was down 56% to $699,000 over the weekend and $10.44 million in total and Italy with a 55% decline to $594,000 over the weekend and $4.83 million in total. More...

Oscar Contest - Category Highlight - Best Acting Awards

February 19th, 2006

With the Oscars less than a month away and our contest well under way, there's no better time to take a closer look at some of the nominees. Today we'll look at the Best Acting Awards. More...

Oscar Contest - Category Highlight - Best Support Roles

February 15th, 2006

With the Oscars less than a month away and our contest well under way, there's no better time to take a closer look at some of the nominees. Today we'll look at the Best Supporting Roles for both Actor and Actress. More...

Still Having Fun on the International Charts

February 12th, 2006

Fun with Dick and Jane fell to sixth place with $6.45 million on 2487 screens in 43 markets for an running international total of $53.27 million so far, which is less than half of what it earned domestically. The film opened in Singapore with $450,000 from 30 screens and managed to repeat in first place in Italy with $1.33 million on 314 screens over the weekend and a $3.96 million total after two weeks. Meanwhile in the U.K. the film fell from first to third, but it still earned $1.59 million on 374 screens for a three-week total of $9.34 million. More...

Early Gold for Oscar Nominations

February 7th, 2006

With most of the nominations in the more prestigious categories going to smaller films, the famed Oscar bounce is very important this year. However, the first weekend's results were mixed. More...

Cowboys Win is Written in Stone

February 7th, 2006

The Writers Guild of America announced its winners over the weekend with Crash taken home the Best Original Screenplay while Brokeback Mountain added yet another win with Best Adapted Screenplay. Finally, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room won for best Documentary. More...

Strange Weekend at the Box Office

February 6th, 2006

For the second weekend a row a critically panned film was able to beat expectations while topping the box office chart. While most of the rest of the top five missed expectations, it was still a good weekend at the box office. Granted, at $105 million, the overall box office was down 16.6% from last week, but that can be explained by the Super Bowl weekend. However, it was up 2.7% from last year, which is much more important. More...

International Details: Jet Li has Nothing to Fear

February 5th, 2006

Jey Li's latest Hong Kong production, Fearless, (a.k.a. Huo Yuan Jia) started its international run in sixth place with $7.35 million on 596 screens in 6 markets. The film finished first in four Asian markets including China with $1.39 million, Taiwan with $630,000, Singapore with $605,000 and Malaysia with $590,000. Paradoxically, the film's best market was its home market of Hong Kong, where it had to settle for a close second place with $2.03 million on just 48 screens over the full week. So far there is still no North American release date, but with this start, that should change soon. More...

Will Momma Stay Big or will Something New Finish First?

February 3rd, 2006

January saw 2006 start on a positive note and everyone hopes February can continue the winning streak. While the two films opening this weekend don't have box office smash written all over them, and no one film seems as strong as Boogeyman, the overall box office could still top last year's, but it will be a close race. More...

Mountain of Oscar Nominations

January 31st, 2006

Brokeback Mountain again led the list of nominees as with 8 Oscar nods. There were three films with six nominations a piece, Crash, Good Night and Good Luck, and Memoirs of a Geisha, (although for that last one, they were all the less prestigious technical awards. More...

Momma's So Big

January 30th, 2006

Practically every film in the top five was able to beat, or at least meet expectations, and that helped the month end on a strong note. Overall the weekend box office take was $126 million, up 5.1% from last weekend and more importantly, up 2.2% from last year. So far 2006 has brought in $662 million, which 1.4% ahead of last year's pace. More...

Brokeback Beats Competition

January 29th, 2006

Ang Lee won Best Director at the Directors Guild of America Awards for his work on Brokeback Mountain, while Grizzly Man won for Best Documentary. Neither award is considered a surprise, which itself is becoming almost a cliche, as there have been almost no surprises this award season so far. More...

Producers Pick Pair

January 29th, 2006

Producers Guild of America handed out its awards last weekend with Brokeback Mountain taking Best Theatrical Motion Picture while Animation Motion Picture went to Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit. Neither result could be described as a shock. More...

Turmoil on International Charts

January 29th, 2006

Late updates have changed some of the results on in International Top Five this week as My Boss, My Student crushed the competition in South Korea with $7.59 million on 450 screens over the weekend and $9.31 million in total. This meant that despite Brokeback Mountain earning a better than initially reported $7.39 million, it was pushed out of the top five and into sixth place. More...

Sick Selection for End of Month

January 27th, 2006

Three more films open wide this weekend, but only one of them will crack the 2,000 theater mark. This means that, while January will likely end on a soft note, there could be an interesting race or two in the top five. On a side note, this column was unfortunately delayed because I am really, really sick. How sick am I? Too sick to come up with a punch line for that joke. But I am starting to like the taste of NyQuil, if you can imagine. More...

International Weekend: Geisha Nearly Ends Narnia's Rule

January 25th, 2006

Narnia took another tumble this weekend, but without much in the way of competition it was still able to win the international box office race with $13.3 million on 7,067 screens in 48 markets. So far the film has amassed $342.6 million at the international box office with openings in Hong Kong (this weekend) and Japan (Match 4th), yet to come. Its best market of the weekend was France where the film added $1.8 million on 820 screens to take its total to $31.6 million after five weeks. Its best market overall continues to be the U.K. where the film has $73.50 million, including $1.66 million this past weekend. Worldwide the film now has $615 million, just ahead of The Passion of the Christ's final tally and into 26th place on the All-Time Charts. More...

Globe Winners are Good as Gold

January 24th, 2006

The weekend after the Golden Globe Awards proved to profitable for several of the winners. More...

Taking the Fight out of the Per Theatre Charts

January 24th, 2006

Not one film could reach the $10,000 per theatre average mark this weekend, with Why We Fight coming the closest with $8,929. More...

Underground has Sky High Debut

January 23rd, 2006

Nearly every film in the top five beat expectations over the weekend, which helped soften the post-holiday drop-off to just 3.9%, and push the overall box office to $121 million. The weekend was up a massive 23.2% over the same weekend last year. Year-to-date, 2006 has overtaken 2005 by 2%, which is even more impressive when you remember that 2005 got off to a strong start. However, as history shows us, it is far too soon to tell how well this year will go. More...

International Round-up: Dick and Jane's Fun has Just Begun

January 22nd, 2006

A few more markets helped Fun with Dick and Jane remain flat last weekend at the international box office with $5.25 million on 1,458 screens in 18 markets for an early total of $18.09 million. Its best market was Mexico where it opened in first place with $1.87 million on 418 screens while in Germany the film added $1.47 million on 478 screens for a two-week total of $4.39 million. The film's biggest running total still came from Australia, where the film has managed $7.39 million after three weeks, including $710,000 over this past weekend. More...

New Releases go Underground

January 20th, 2006

Just the one real wide release this weekend, but there are three other films either opening or expanding into what some might consider a wide release. Only the one film has any shot at the number one spot, and two might not even make the top ten. More...

Holidays Help Holdovers Hold On

January 18th, 2006

There were three films that topped $10,000 on the Per Theatre Charts this week, and not one of them was a new release. Cache (Hidden) continued to lead the way earning nearly $120,000 in 10 theatres for a $11,732 average. Not far behind was Fateless, which dropped less than 15% to $10,805 in its lone theatre. Rounding out the list was Transamerica, which dropped less than 1% to $10,108 despite increasing its theatre count from 6 to 9. More...

Cowboys are Golden

January 16th, 2006

Brokeback Mountain was the big winner today at the Golden Globes taking home four of the seven statuettes it was up for. The film is still expanding into more and more theatres, so these awards couldn't have come at a better time. More...

Clown has Kingly Run in South Korea

January 15th, 2006

The King and the Clown did something most films in South Korea can't, it showed strong legs. In fact, in grew by 22% to $5.76 million on 369 screens over the weekend and $16.82 million in total. More...

Hidden Finds Success

January 10th, 2006

Cache (Hidden) shot back to the top of the per theatre charts thanks to a tiny 4.68% decline, as the film earned an average of $13,851 in its 5 theatres. Second place went to Fateless with $12,680 in its lone theatre, while Brokeback Mountain maintained is per theatre average with $11,856 despite a very healthy growth in its theatre count. Word of mouth is helping Transamerica, as the film climbed above the $10,000 mark for the first time in a few weeks. It saw its average grow to $10,191. More...

Cowboys Produce another Nomination

January 6th, 2006

It's guild day today as the Producers Guild of America nominations were announced this week. More...

Cowboys and Virgins among WGA Nominations

January 6th, 2006

The Writers Guild of America announced its nominations this week, and while there are plenty of awards, only three are for theatrical releases. More...

SAG Singles out Cowboys

January 6th, 2006

Of the 13 awards the Screen Actors Guild will hand out on January 29th, 2006, five will be awarded to theatrical releases. And like past awards nominations, Brokeback Mountain again led the way, with four in total. However, this time there were two films close behind as Crash and Capote each received three nominations. More...

Game, Set, Match - Updated

January 3rd, 2006

Match Point was the clear winner on this week's per theatre average charts, as it earned nearly $400,000 in just 8 theatres for an average of $49,824. The second placed film, The New World, was well back with an average of $19,383 during its first full weekend of release. The Matador, which was the only other new film of the weekend, earned $69,000 in 4 theatres for a per theatre average of $17,275. Last week's number one film, Cache (Hidden), slipped to fourth place with a still healthy $14,532. Brokeback Mountain climbed back above the $10,000 market with $3.6 million in 269 theatres for an amazing average of $13,455 during its fourth week of release. Lastly, Casanova made $400,000 in 37 theatres during its first full weekend of release for an average of $10,963. More...

Hidden Treasures

December 28th, 2005

There was just one film in the $10,000 club this was weekend as Cache (Hidden) opened with $57,000 in 5 theatres for a $11,402 per theatre average. More...

Box Office Scrooged

December 27th, 2005

Christmas wishes went unanswered this year as almost every film missed expectations, some by large margins. This led to a 14.4% drop-off from last weekend, but more importantly, a 18.0% drop-off from last year. Granted, the fact that Christmas fell on a Saturday helps explain some of that, but not all. Year-to-date, 2005 is still down 6% from last year and with less than one week left, that's roughly where it will end up. More...

Will it be a Holly Jolly Christmas?

December 21st, 2005

Over the next five days a total of eight movies will either open wide or expand wide. With that much competition, there is literally zero chance that all the films will succeed. In fact, chances are none will be able to unseat King Kong as the box office champ. Further complicating the prediction process, there are three groups of releases with two movies opening wide tonight, three more on Friday and three on Sunday. This column will deal with all of them. More...

Back in the Saddle

December 20th, 2005

Brokeback Mountain remained in top spot on the per theatre charts despite a massive expansion in its theatre count. It went from five theatres to 69 while its per theatre average remained amazing at $36,355. Second place went to The Producers with an average of $25,765 in five theatres, which is a good start, but perhaps not as good as Universal was hoping for. Memoirs of a Geisha slipped to third with $25,045 in 52 theatres; it's not holding up as well as Brokeback Mountain did, but that's hardly a reason for Sony to be upset. The overall box office champ, King Kong, came in fourth with an average of $14,050 in its 3,568 theatres. More...

Cowboys find Gold in Brokeback Mountain

December 13th, 2005

Brokeback Mountain was the big winner today as Golden Globe nominations were announced. With seven nods, it led all films, which is an important Oscar indicator. More...

Mountain Breaks the Bank

December 13th, 2005

Brokeback Mountain had the best per theatre average of the year, and the best for a Live Action film of all time. The film earned an unbelievable $547,425 in 5 theatres for an average of $109,485. If that was the only film on this week's chart it would have been an impressive week; however, Memoirs of a Geisha also had a stellar start, earning nearly $700,000 in 8 theatres for an average of $85,313. Other members of the $10,000 club include the overall box office leader, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe with $18,130 and Transamerica, which just manage to earn a spot with $10,686, which was more than 50% lower than last weekend. More...

Quartet Serenade Oscar

December 9th, 2005

Oscar is clearly the word of the day as four of the seven limited releases on this week's list are obvious Oscar bait. It is unlikely that all will be winners, but all could earn at least one nomination and more than a dozen in total. More...

Movie Website Updates for November 26 - December 8

December 8th, 2005

During the past week promotional websites for several movies were launched and some older ones added additional content. Despite being there being two weeks between updates, this was not a very strong week. Sure, there were plenty of websites updated, but not a lot that really stood out as being award worthy. In the end it was Clerks 2: The Passion of the Clerks - Official Site that was the best of the bunch and hopefully it will continue to grow and earn that award. More...

Whale of a Start to Award Season

November 30th, 2005

The Independent Spirit Awards announced the nominations today and The Squid and the Whale led the way with six nominations, including Best Feature, Best Director, Best Screenplay, and nods in three of the four acting categories. More...

Movie Website Updates for November 18 - November 25

November 24th, 2005

During the past week promotional websites for several movies were launched and some older ones added additional content. Here the list of this week's releases, a couple of new sites and few updates, including this week's winner, The Producers - Official Site. More...

Movie Website Updates for September 9 - September 15

September 15th, 2005

During the past week promotional websites for several movies were launched and some older ones added additional content. Here the list of this week's releases, a couple of new sites and few updates, including this week's winner, Cry Wolf - Official Site. More...